Shaft coupling



July 29, 1941. H. EDWARDS SHAFT COUPLING Filed Dec. 24, 1937 Patented July 29,

rs PATENT Herbert 0. Edwards,

The i Ohio, a

en Roller '1 COUPLING Ohio, or to Company, Canton,

corporation to '1 Claim.

Thisinvention relates to couplings for rotary shaft sections. It has for its principal objects to devise a simple, economical and compact shaft coupling that will compensate for mtsalinement of the shaft sections, and will yield under excessive torque and that will provide for any degree of relative angular adjustment of said shaft sections. The invention consists in the shaft coupling and in the construction, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which forms part of this specification and wherein like symbols refer to like parts wherever they occur,

Fig. 1 is a sidejelevation of a flexible angularly adjustable shaft coupling embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1; v

Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section on the line 3- 3 in Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is an outer end view of the ring element of the driven member of the coupling.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, my shaft coupling comprises driving and driven members A and B suitable for mounting on the adjacent ends of driving and driven shaft sections C and D, respectively. One of said coupling members, preferably the driving member A,

comprises a hub portion 6 that is secured to the driving shaft C by means of a key 2 and bye.

clamp screw 3 that extends through perforated lugs t on the opposite sides of a longitudinal slot 5 in said hub portion. The hub portion of the driving member has an outstanding radial flange 5 thereon that is located near the drive shaft ferentially spaced arcuate slots 7 therein concentric with the axis thereof.

The other or driven member B of said coupling preferably comprises an element having an annular web 8 with a hub e on one side thereof and opposing end thereof and has a series of circum- .an axially projecting peripheral flange It on the other side thereof, an annular element ll secured within the peripherally flanged end of the shaft receiving member concentric therewith by an angular ring I! of rubber interposed between and vulcanized to said web and said peripheral flange and the adjacent faces of said annular element. The annular element H has a serie of circumferentially spaced threaded holes It extending therethrough parallel with the axes thereof, these holes and the arcuate slots 5 in the driving member A being spaced equidistant from the coupling axis.

ring element i The hub portion 9 of the shaft receiving eiement of the driven coupling member B is secured to the tapered end of the driven shaft D by a key it; and the web 8 of said element has an internally threaded axially projecting flange Won the peripherally flanged side'thereof adapted to receive a suitable pulling implement (not shown).

As shown in Fig. 3, the rubber element 62 is pref= erably extended between the flange it and the inner periphery of the ring I l.

The two members of the coupling are clped together end to end by means of cap screws it that extend through the arcuate slots in the driving member A and are threaded into the registering holes I3 in the ring element ii of the driven member B. These screws firmly clamp the flange 6 of the driving member to the ring it of the driven member with the adjacent end of the hub i of said driven member supported in the opening in said ring. As shown in the drawing, there are six equally spaced holes it in the l jot the driven member and the driving element isprovid'ed with three equally spaced arcuate slots 5, each of which is long enough to register with any two adjacent holes in said element. With'this arrangement, each arcuate slot 5 alines with one of the holes is in every possible relative angular position or the driving and driven members, thereby permitting said members to be locked together by the sore it in any desired degree or relative angular adjustment. To aid in adjusting the coupling, the ring of the driven member is provided with circumferentially spaced graduations ll adapted to cooperate with an indexv mark it on the flange t of the driving member. j

The hereinbefore described coupling has several advantages. It provides for any degree of relative angular adjustment of the two shaft sections; it accommodates itself to misalinement of the two shaft sections and it is adapted to yield under excessive torque or axial loadfvi bration or shock; and the large section of rubber adjacent to the outer diameter of the couplingserves to reduce stresses in therubber due'toi torque at the outer diameter thereof without increasing th diameter of the coupling.

The above coupling is designed particularly for use in changing the timing of the cam shaft of a fuel injection pump for Diesel engines to advance or retard the time atwhich the fuel injection commences, but it is also adapted for use with other devices wherein it is desired to advance or retard the driven element withl f fict to the driving element.

memes What I claim is:

A shaft coupling comprising driving and driven members having axial shatt receiving openings, one or said members having a series of circumierentiallv spaced holes therein parallel with the axis thereof and the other of said members having a series of circumterentially spaced arcuate slots therein concentric with the axis thereof, said holes and said slots being substantially equidistant irom the axes of the respective members. each of said arcuate slots being long enough to register with any two adjacent holes, whereby each of said slots alines with at least one oi said holes in every possible relative angular position of said members, and removable fasteners extending through the respective slots into the holes in register therewith.

EERBERT C. EDWARDS. 

